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Kim Stanley Robinson
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Kim Stanley Robinson is an American novelist and science fiction writer born in Waukegan, Illinois, on March 23, 1952. He writes in English and began his work period in 1976. Robinson was educated at Boston University and the University of California, San Diego, where his doctoral advisor was Fredric Jameson. He is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
His notable works include the Mars trilogy, The Years of Rice and Salt, The Ministry for the Future, Icehenge, and New York 2140. Robinson has received the Nebula Award for Best Novella, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, the Locus Award for Best Novella, and the BSFA Award for Best Novel. He has also been nominated for multiple Hugo Awards in categories including Best Novel, Best Novella, Best Novelette, and Best Short Story.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 23 March 1952
- Works
- 88
Top works
- A Martian Romance
- The Blind Geometer/The New Atlantis
- Maʾadim ha-adom
- Icehenge
- New York 2140
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Waukegan, Illinois, U.S.
Known for
- The Real History of Science Fiction — Self2014
- The Universe2007
- Philip K Dick: A Day in the Afterlife — Self - Interviewee1994
- Prisoners of Gravity — Self1989
- Night Gallery1970
- Infinite Worlds of Science Fiction — Self
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1952-03-23 ) March 23, 1952 (age 74) , Waukegan, Illinois , U.S.
- Occupation
- Writer
- Education
- University of California, San Diego ( BA , PhD ), Boston University ( MA )
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Thesis
- The Novels of Philip K. Dick (1982)
- Doctoral advisor
- Donald Wesling
- Other advisor
- Fredric Jameson
- Discipline
- English and American literature
- Sub discipline
- Science fiction
- Institutions
- University of California, Davis University of California, San Diego
- Notable works
- Mars trilogy
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stanley
- Family name
- Robinson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Waukegan
- Occupation
- science fiction writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- The Ministry for the Future
- Doctoral advisor
- Fredric Jameson
- Genre
- science fiction
- Image
- Kim Stanley Robinson.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1952-03-23
- Commons category
- Kim Stanley Robinson
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- Kim Stanley Robinson
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
- member of
- Democratic Socialists of America
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Kim Stanley Robinson
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Encyclopedic overview
Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American science fiction writer best known for his Mars trilogy of novels. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes, featuring scientists as heroes. Robinson has won numerous awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Nebula Award for Best Novel, and the World Fantasy Award. The Atlantic magazine has called Robinson's work "the gold standard of realistic, and highly literary, science-fiction writing." According to The New Yorker magazine, Robinson is "generally acknowledged as one of the greatest living science-fiction writers."
Early life and education
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